{"id":1298,"date":"2025-10-02T04:06:12","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T04:06:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/6396-2\/"},"modified":"2025-10-02T04:06:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T04:06:12","slug":"6396-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/display\/articles\/6396\/","title":{"rendered":"6396"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"middle content\">\n<div class=\"column left\" id=\"columnleft\">\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<section class=\"content column wide left  display articles\" id=\"content\">\n<div class=\"rounded-corner related\"><\/div>\n<article class=\"fader\">\n<header class=\"contents\">\n<h1>Related Content<\/h1>\n<h2>\n\t\t\tArticles related to:<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tict<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"children\">\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n<div class=\"img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/boosting-employment-in-small-and-medium-enterprises\/a-digital-network-for-entrepreneurs-across-africa\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/images\/782911-1-eng-gb\/a-digital-network-for-entrepreneurs-across-africa_column.jpg\" alt=\"A digital network for entrepreneurs across Africa\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/boosting-employment-in-small-and-medium-enterprises\/a-digital-network-for-entrepreneurs-across-africa\/\">A digital network for entrepreneurs across Africa<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/authors\/white-ben\/\">Ben White<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/authors\/heilbron-miguel\/\">Miguel Heilbron<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t20 November 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tInnovative early stage ventures that potentially have a high social and environmental impact, but require less than \u20ac1 million in capital are the most difficult segment of the SME pipeline to reach. 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